If you had it to do over again, what would you change about your coop/run?

[perchie.girl]

my coops over the years have been an evolutionary process.... Lots of mistakes lots of hilarious failures... LIke when the wire remembered it was supposed to be coild and rolled up in a puzzle like ball.... With ME in the middle....

My requirements in my old age... I live in a very dry mild temperatured desert climate... 3200 feet we get snow in the winter... Not a lot... Annual precipitation is 9-12 inches including snow.

1. At least six feet tall.
2. Primary wind break on prevailing winds
3. Temporary wind break for winter wind changes
4. Plumbed for gravity fed water
5. Wired for solar
6. Blower delivery system delivery for bulk feed
7. Roll out nests
8. Swamp cooler for My work area
9. 1 Hospital partition
10. 1 Large Guinea fowl partition
11. 3 Chicken partitions
12. 100 x 25 cattle panels for run
13. Aviary netting over run...
14. Coyote Anticlimb fence Backed up with electric fence run by the house.

deb

 

[Flockandfowl46]

It's not foolproof but I deal with hawks by the time of day I free range.during spring and summer i let them out from Sun up to sundown but during fall and winter I don't let them out till about 11 am then put them up about 3 pm I'm also at home so I make several trips around the property during the day